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which they do with so much dexterity that scarcely a 

 mark is left behind. 



When the dinner consists of several dishes, they are 

 all cooked in this pan, one after the other; and those 

 which are done first are kept warm till they are sent to 

 table. 



I leave it to the ingenuity of Europeans to appreciate 

 these specimens of Chinese industry. 



But to return from this digression to our portable 

 kitchen furnaces. Although these furnaces are pecul- 

 iarly adapted for heating boilers and stewpans that are 

 armed, yet boilers on the common construction, or such 

 as are not suspended in cylinders, may easily be used 

 with them. When this is to be done, a detached hollow 

 cylinder or cone must be used in the manner described 

 in the preceding chapter, and represented in the Fig. 50. 

 This cylinder or cone (which may be constructed either 

 of sheet iron, of cast iron, or of earthen-ware) must 

 be about an inch higher than the boiler is deep, with 

 which it is to be used ; and just so wide above as to 

 admit the boiler to be suspended in it by its circular 

 rim. Its diameter below must be such as to fit the sand- 

 rim, in which it must stand when it is used. 



CHAPTER XII. 



Of the Construction of TEA-KETTLES proper to be used 

 with Register-Stoves and portable Kitchen Fur- 

 naces. These Utensils may be constructed of Tin, 

 and ornamented by Japanning and Gilding. When 



